The Opportunity
We're looking for an experienced Senior Product Owner to lead the delivery of an innovative AI-enabled proof of concept within a large and complex enterprise environment.
This is a hands-on role where you'll take a concept from discovery through to pilot deployment, working closely with business and technology teams to identify high-value use cases, validate outcomes, and establish a roadmap for wider adoption.
You'll play a key role in shaping AI-driven solutions that improve operational efficiency, enhance data quality, accelerate automation, and deliver measurable business value.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify, assess, and prioritise high-value AI use cases aligned to business objectives.
- Define and own the product vision, roadmap, and success measures.
- Lead discovery activities, stakeholder engagement, and requirements gathering.
- Validate business value through user research, experimentation, and iterative testing.
- Translate complex business needs into prioritised backlogs and actionable delivery plans.
- Work closely with engineers, architects, data specialists, and stakeholders to drive delivery.
- Manage product priorities, trade-offs, risks, and dependencies.
- Support governance activities and secure stakeholder buy-in at key decision points.
- Drive the transition from proof of concept to scalable product delivery.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or Senior Product Owner within complex public sector environments.
- Strong demonstrable experience delivering products and services in line with Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and ways of working.
- Extensive experience working within UK Government departments or public sector organisations.
- Strong understanding of:
- GDS Service Standard
- Agile delivery
- User-centred design
- Product life cycle management
- Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live phases
- Experience delivering AI, data, analytics, automation, or digital transformation initiatives.
- Strong product discovery, backlog management, prioritisation, and roadmap development skills.
- Experience taking products from concept through to pilot and live delivery.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
- Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear product outcomes.
- Strong understanding of emerging technologies, AI solutions, and innovation delivery.
What We're Looking For
We're specifically seeking a Product Owner with a strong Government Digital Service (GDS) background who is comfortable operating within complex public sector environments.
You'll have a proven track record of delivering products through GDS phases and applying GDS standards, user-centred design principles, and outcome-based delivery approaches to achieve measurable business value.
Candidates without demonstrable GDS Product Owner experience are unlikely to be suitable for this role.